288 chapman's eepoet. 



And again: — 



1st. The traffic by the main road tlii'ough 

 Tatta and Jerruck to Kotree. 



2nd. That existing on several direct routes 

 through the hills, varying in extent, as the 

 supplies of water and forage are scarce or 

 abundant. 



Under these heads, the goods traffic must 

 first be considered. 



To enable a judgment to be formed of the 

 amount under the first head, a return of the 

 exports and imjDorts of the different ports of 

 the Indus furnished by the Collector of Customs 

 is available, from which it will be seen that the 

 river traffic by native craft is estimated at 

 30,406 tons. 



A slight check upon this amount is derivable 

 from a register, kept by the authorities of the 

 Indus flotilla, of the number of boats passing 

 different stations of the river, from which an 

 approximation to the maundage of goods pass- 

 ing Tatta (which only, for reasons given in the 

 Canal report, can be safely taken), is calculated 

 at 15,46,600 maunds. Reducing this by one 

 third, as an allowance for vessels being imj^er- 



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